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Mar 18, 2008 · Despite Bronck’s tenacity in forging onto the unknown Lenape Indian territory of Rananchqua in the Dutch colony New Netherlands, his actual role in New York history is quite brief. An ardent intellectual who gave his ship the lofty name Brand van Trogen (The Fire of Troy), Bronck, his wife Teuntje and a boatload of eager voyagers traveled to ...
Dec 3, 2013 · Image via Library of Congress. On December 3rd 1641, Jonas Bronck, a Danish immigrant to New York City, bought about 500 acres of land above Manhattan. According to the Bronx Historical Society...
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Teuntje and Jonas Bronck's house was built by a promontory at the juncture of the Harlem River and the Bronx Kill across from Randalls Island and was constructed like "a miniature fort with stone walls and a tile roof". Bronck's farmstead consisted of approximately 274 hectares (680 acres), which being a religious man, he named Emaus.
Dec 3, 2014 · On December 3rd, 1639, Jonas Bronck purchased 50 acres of land to the north of Manhattan Island that later grew into 680 acres of farmland. People in the City would visit the farmland for a… Viewing NYC
Apr 13, 2014 · He purchased about 500 acres from the Native Americans on the southern tip of what is now the borough of the Bronx – hence the derivation of the name. Here he built a stone house and began to clear the land for farming. Unfortunately Jonas died in his mid-40s around May of 1643, less than four years after acquiring the property.
Sep 29, 2008 · September 29, 2008. Jonas the Peacemaker. Jonas Bronck, who gave his name to the Bronx River, was also a man of peace who sought to reconcile a festering conflict between the Native Americans and the Dutch colonists of New AmsterdamBronck was a deeply religious man who named his new home “Emmaus” for the biblical place visited by the risen ...
Jul 23, 2009 · In 1874, a dynamic and growing New York City annexed the part of today’s Bronx west of the Bronx River. That territory became part of New York City and New York County. In 1895, the lands east of the Bronx River were taken by the city as well. In 1898, the city took over Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Along with Manhattan, they all ...
